Saracens’ Sarah McKenna has been called up to replace Alice Richardson in this week’s Sevens World Series event at the Twickenham Stoop and Twickenham Stadium (May 15-16). McKenna, who featured in the last round of the World Series in Canada, comes in for the Richmond fly-half who failed a fitness test this morning. England head
The 2015 RPA Players’ Awards took place on Wednesday 13th May at Battersea Evolution, these Awards are the highlight of the domestic rugby union calendar, bringing together the biggest names in the sport to celebrate the achievements of the season and crown the 2015 Players’ Player of the Year. This year the England Women’s Player of
The San Francisco Bay area will host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 after the World Rugby Council awarded hosting rights for the prestigious event to USA Rugby. The magnificent Giants Stadium in San Francisco, supported by Avaya Stadium in San Jose, will provide an impressive stage for the world’s top men’s and women’s rugby sevens
Dublin and Belfast will host Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 after World Rugby awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious tournament to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). With women’s rugby continuing to experience record global growth, the pool stages will be held at University College Dublin, before the world’s top female rugby players convene
This weekend there were five fixtures in the Women’s League, the first of which saw Leigh Miners host Normanton Knights, it was a tough day for the home side as they lost out 4-44 to a determined Normanton side. Leigh Miners Mairead Quinn scored the hosts only try and 18 year old Rachel Stott celebrated
As part of a precautionary measure to ensure the game remains free of corruption, World Rugby has entered a strategic partnership with the United Kingdom Gambling Commission, formalising a close working relationship that dates back to 2012. With rugby having established itself as a major international sport within the Olympic family, the need to maintain
THE RFU Women’s Academy Programme kicks off on Sunday (10 May) – with some of the country’s most promising players looking to show their potential to reach the top. The Academy Programme is crucial in developing talent to improve rugby at all levels of the women’s player pathway, with the objective of producing future England
The quadrennial laws review process has kicked off with technical experts beginning the process of critiquing the game’s law book following commentary and feedback submitted by unions. Every four years, the governing body runs a health-check on the laws of the game with a view to ensuring the enhancement of player welfare, the maximisation of
England Women’s Head Coach Simon Middleton has recalled Rachael Burford and Kay Wilson for the penultimate round of the Sevens World Series at the Twickenham Stoop and at Twickenham Stadium on May 15 & 16. Burford missed the last round of the series in Canada due to injury while Wilson will make her first start
The Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) today announced the shortlist for The Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year Award 2015, which will be presented at the RPA Players’ Awards on Wednesday 13th May at Battersea Evolution, London. The Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year award recognises the tremendous talent in England women’s
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